In my opinion, here we have a patriarchal Mormon who thinks that God gave the land to him to abuse however he chooses. Range management? Heck no! Habitat protection? Heck no! Paying the Animal Unit Month fees? Heck no!

Besides, this particular anti-federal government narrative just won't get traction, as compared to, say, NSA spying on your emails. Two reasons:

1. It involves agriculture, and 97 percent of the people in this country feel no emotional connection to agriculture.

The Bureau of Land Management should have removed his cattle long ago for non-payment, but they have been politically cowed (pun intended) by people like Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.). As a former BLM contractor, I have seen how sensitive to the political winds that agency can be.

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But, don't let him take them OFF. Period. No drives, gathering, sales, just an economic cordon. He can eat them. They may increase to more than even he thinks are capacity. Tough luck-- he can shoot them, butcher them (but not sell meat either). Coyotes will love him.

They are his. Let him eat cow.

Logistics complicated? Unfair? Surely beats a Waco. Hard to be a martyr when people are laughing at you-- and he is the kind of self- important person who would bluster his way into more comedy...